As a child, I had no knowledge of Arsenal Football Club. Spoiled for choice, the allocation of my sporting heart was split between my favorite collegiate and professional baseball, basketball, football, and hockey teams. Playing Fifa in my mid-teens provided the initial exposure, but almost non-existent Premier League media coverage meant I could not become […]
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It’s Mo or nothing: can Elneny become the surprise provider for the Gunners? – Newcastle preview
We are off to Newcastle today and the one stat that caught my eye was the following: we haven’t lost five consecutive away games since 1925. As it stands, we are on a run of four successive losses on the road. Our recent home form made the situation look better than it is. Five straight […]
Free Scoring, Attack Minded Gunners: Are We Seeing a Return to Good Old Arsenal?
“Dynamic” and “Incisive.” Those are the terms I associate with the attacking brand of Arsenal football I fell in love with over a decade ago. In recent blogs, I’ve made mention of the identity crisis at the club and the deviation from the swashbuckling, eye-catching offensive ethos we developed over the course of the Wenger […]
I Grieve, You Grieve, We All Grieve for Arsenal.
It’s been quite a journey, this Gooner journey through the Kubler-Ross stages of GRIEF. First there was DENIAL – an inability, or unwillingness, to accept that there was something rotten in the state of Arsenal. Wenger had gutted his Invincibles, ruthlessly ridding himself of his stars for top dollar to finance the new stadium -and […]
Come up and see me, make me LMAO + Arsenal’s summer bucket list
Since last weekend there has been a lot of chatter around the formation and how we can get the best out of the best we currently have on the books. I thought I’d take this and hopefully run it through the whole squad. With 7 games to go and our realistic target of maintaining 6th […]
Mesut Özil delivers in Europe- What Arsenal fans have been craving?
Sitting in the Clock End to witness Mesut Özil’s stellar performance against CSKA Moscow on Thursday night was a real privilege. Rarely do I come away from a game in awe at what I’ve seen, but his performance was up there with his top ones for Arsenal and any individual display I’ve seen from a […]
A Wilshere In Time: Take Joy in a Celebration of Jack’s Arsenal Career Thus Far
I guess it shouldn’t have been a surprise really. Even from an early age, my eyes were focused on midfield flair and technicality. The ability to dictate a game without scoring fascinated me. Very much a product of the “Fifa Generation,” the likes of Nedved, Deco, Zidane, Ronaldinho, and Figo became my favorites. Mercurial talents […]
5 Key Areas to address if Arsenal’s finish to this season is to positively impact 2018/19
Change is permeating throughout the entirety of Arsenal Football Club. Never before have we seen such deviations from the norm at any time in the Wenger Era. Pivotal backroom staff acquisitions (Mislintat, Sanllehi, Burgess, Fahmy, etc.), new coaches/academy personnel (Lehman, Bibbo, Mertesacker, Herron), significant player turnover, and high profile transfers make this transitional period equal […]
To get the best of Aubameyang Arsenal must learn from how they supplied Wrighty and Henry
Wright, Henry, PEA……how the past can affect the present I don’t like to compare past eras with the present, since every era has its own needs, circumstances, and challenges. We cannot look to the 1989, 1991, or 1998 teams as formulae of how to win the league now. The contexts of then and now are […]
Arsenal v AC Milan: Eddie! Eddie! Eddie! Chance for Youngster to Shine in Europa 2nd Leg
Arsenal vs. AC Milan (Round of 16 – 2nd Leg) Emirates Stadium – March 15, 2018 Can we learn from the Ostersund second leg game? We’ll see. However, with the international break coming up, why not play with as strong a team as possible? This can be mixed of course with young players, or squad […]